Nicholas Wallington1
M, (circa 1629 - 10 May 1682)
Last Edited=26 May 2026
Nicholas Wallington was born circa 1629 at England. He immigrated on 24 April 1638 on board The Confidence as the servant of Stephen Kent, at age 9.2,3
Nicholas Wallington married Sarah Travis, daughter of Henry Travis and Bridget ______, on 30 August 1654 at Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
He bought the Henry Travers farm owned by Richard and Bridget Winslow on 1 October 1659.2 He gave an acre of land to the town of Bradford toward the settlement of an able and faithful ministry on 7 February 1677.2 He was taken captive at sea by Barbary pirates and never returned home.5,7,2,3 Nicholas Wallington was declaired dead on 10 May 1682.2 His estate was inventoried on 22 September 1682 at Bradford, Massachusetts Bay Colony.2 His estate was probated on 1 August 1706 at Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay. Final division of his estate made on 1 August 1703, to James, Joseph, Elizabeth, Esther, Benjamin, Abigail and Nicholas W., Caleb Hopkinson, Daniel Russell and Joseph Poor.2 Nicholas and Sarah Travis were known to be living in 1863 at Rowley, Massachusetts Bay Colony.3
Nicholas Wallington married Sarah Travis, daughter of Henry Travis and Bridget ______, on 30 August 1654 at Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Children:
1. John Wallington (1655-1656)
2. Nicholas Wallington (1657-____)
3. John Wallington (1650-____)
4. Sarah Wallington (1661-____)
5. Mary Wallington (1663-____)
6. James Wallington (1665-____)
7. Hannah Wallington (1667-____)
8. William Wallington (1670-____.)1,4,5,6,7,2,3
1. John Wallington (1655-1656)
2. Nicholas Wallington (1657-____)
3. John Wallington (1650-____)
4. Sarah Wallington (1661-____)
5. Mary Wallington (1663-____)
6. James Wallington (1665-____)
7. Hannah Wallington (1667-____)
8. William Wallington (1670-____.)1,4,5,6,7,2,3
He bought the Henry Travers farm owned by Richard and Bridget Winslow on 1 October 1659.2 He gave an acre of land to the town of Bradford toward the settlement of an able and faithful ministry on 7 February 1677.2 He was taken captive at sea by Barbary pirates and never returned home.5,7,2,3 Nicholas Wallington was declaired dead on 10 May 1682.2 His estate was inventoried on 22 September 1682 at Bradford, Massachusetts Bay Colony.2 His estate was probated on 1 August 1706 at Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay. Final division of his estate made on 1 August 1703, to James, Joseph, Elizabeth, Esther, Benjamin, Abigail and Nicholas W., Caleb Hopkinson, Daniel Russell and Joseph Poor.2 Nicholas and Sarah Travis were known to be living in 1863 at Rowley, Massachusetts Bay Colony.3
Citations
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- Pope, Charles Henry. The Pioneers of Massachusetts. Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1900.
- Daniels, Nathan Hagar. Descendants of Henry Travers of London, England and Newbury, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Boston: N. H. Daniels, 1903.
- Essex Institute. Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849. Volume II Marriages and Deaths. Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1911.
- Hoyt, David W. The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts. volume I. Providence, Rhode Island: Snow & Farnham, 1897.
- Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration. VII. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.
- Coffin, Joshua. A Sketch of the History of Newbury, Newburyport and West Newbury. Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1845.